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Signatures of a time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal with only four Weyl points

Authors :
Ilya Belopolski
Peng Yu
Daniel S. Sanchez
Yukiaki Ishida
Tay-Rong Chang
Songtian S. Zhang
Su-Yang Xu
Hao Zheng
Guoqing Chang
Guang Bian
Horng-Tay Jeng
Takeshi Kondo
Hsin Lin
Zheng Liu
Shik Shin
M. Zahid Hasan
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Weyl semimetals are interesting because they are characterized by topological invariants, but specific examples discovered to date tend to have complicated band structures with many Weyl points. Here, the authors show that TaIrTe4 has only four Weyl points, the minimal number required by time-reversal symmetry.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.85a43478261643c5b3fdce9c1c12692e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00938-1